how to enlarge slide show pictures ?
how to enlarge slide show pictures ?
I am putting together a slide show in PS4 and some photos I scan on my HPprinter 3210 are too small for good viewing when i add them to my slide show . Is there a way I can enlarge those slides photos that are too small ? photos that i have taken from my digital camera are of a good size for viewing . some of thre photos I have scanned are 4X6 size photos , but end up in the slide show about 2 inch X 2 inch . I do also have ulead photo impact imstalled and ulead photo explorer installed . Thanks for help .
Rick Fredrickson from Northern California
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Hi Rick,
In terms of dimension, the standard 4:3 NTSC (USA) aspect ratio for television viewing is 720x480 pixels but larger is OK since the software will scale down your images to fit. As for resolution, try scanning a few photos at 300 dpi and burn a test project to DVD. If you're not satisfied with the results try going as high as 600 dpi. If necessary you can go even higher (if scanning a very small thumbnail photo for example) but depending on the size of your original, this may generate excessivly large file sizes which can be difficult to work with. If necessary you can use your PhotoImpact or PhotoExplorer software to crop and/or resize your scanned photos to best fit a 4:3 aspect ratio. Keep in mind that by defualt, PictureShow 4 enables a user-adjustable 12% "safe area" as shown by a rectangular box of dotted lines near the outer edge of your "decorate" preview screen. Portions of a photo that are outside the boundry might not be seen when viewed on a TV screen. The exact size of this safety zone may vary a bit from one screen to the next. Just make sure the most important part(s) of your photo are within the "safe area" boundry and you'll be fine. After you've had some time to experiment, let us know how things turned out
-Mike
In terms of dimension, the standard 4:3 NTSC (USA) aspect ratio for television viewing is 720x480 pixels but larger is OK since the software will scale down your images to fit. As for resolution, try scanning a few photos at 300 dpi and burn a test project to DVD. If you're not satisfied with the results try going as high as 600 dpi. If necessary you can go even higher (if scanning a very small thumbnail photo for example) but depending on the size of your original, this may generate excessivly large file sizes which can be difficult to work with. If necessary you can use your PhotoImpact or PhotoExplorer software to crop and/or resize your scanned photos to best fit a 4:3 aspect ratio. Keep in mind that by defualt, PictureShow 4 enables a user-adjustable 12% "safe area" as shown by a rectangular box of dotted lines near the outer edge of your "decorate" preview screen. Portions of a photo that are outside the boundry might not be seen when viewed on a TV screen. The exact size of this safety zone may vary a bit from one screen to the next. Just make sure the most important part(s) of your photo are within the "safe area" boundry and you'll be fine. After you've had some time to experiment, let us know how things turned out
-Mike
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enlarging slides
Thank you Mike
Your suggestion to change the resolution to 600 from 300 dpi worked great . I also tried 1200 dpi on one small picture and after 5 minutes of scanning time I stoped it as it was taking too long . I did all this in the printer ( HP) software BEFore I added it to the PS4 slideshow . Your help was a lot better than HP's tech help which took 2 pages of way too technical help , I could not figure out . so thanks again for your great assistance . Rick
Your suggestion to change the resolution to 600 from 300 dpi worked great . I also tried 1200 dpi on one small picture and after 5 minutes of scanning time I stoped it as it was taking too long . I did all this in the printer ( HP) software BEFore I added it to the PS4 slideshow . Your help was a lot better than HP's tech help which took 2 pages of way too technical help , I could not figure out . so thanks again for your great assistance . Rick
Rick Fredrickson from Northern California
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michaeltee
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- Video Card: Intel HD Graphics 630
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- Monitor/Display Make & Model: Samsung S24D300
- Corel programs: Installed: PS Pro 2021, VS Ultimate 2020
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Glad to help Rick. If necessary, you can use higher dpi settings (i.e.; 800 - 1200 dpi) to scan very small photos (like a wallet size snapshot for example) but as you noticed, most scanners take a long time to complete a scan at such high resolution. In general, 600 dpi is a good choice for typical photos (4x6, etc...) and possibly a bit lower for portrait sized photos.
-Mike
-Mike